How many kg apples per litre cider?

[Trevor FitzJohn]

Sorry if this has been discussed before but on phone and searching not as good. This year I will be making some single vartietal ciders in 200 litre plastic barrels. Roughly how much apples do I need? In past I have mixed apples so not a problem. Kingston Black and Dabinet. Cheers Trevor

[Andrew Lea]

It depends primarily on the efficiency of your mill and press system. Taking an average value of 65%, you will get 65 litres of juice from 100 kg of fruit.

Andrew

Wittenham Hill Cider Portal
www.cider.org.uk

> On 14 Mar 2016, at 06:09, Trevor FitzJohn <trevor....@prg.co.nz> wrote:
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> Sorry if this has been discussed before but on phone and searching not as good. This year I will be making some single vartietal ciders in 200 litre plastic barrels. Roughly how much apples do I need? In past I have mixed apples so not a problem. Kingston Black and Dabinet. Cheers Trevor
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[Remo Trovato]

We use a Kreuzmayr belt Press KEB500 and are getting a max. of 75% yield. It all depends on the apples though. Variety as well as age and deterioration state will make up your yield. The older/softer the apple the less yield.
If you want the least amount of waste. Juice them 1-2 weeks after picking if they have been in cold storage. 1-2days if they have been sitting outside. This will also reduce sediments.